Trash culture

It has less to with culture than with female empowerment. The women in the film are working for themselves in the begging to get food on their table and pay rent. I don't think what they did after that was right but it just shows how desperate times can change people.
The reason critics are giving it good reviews is that it speaks to different people and it is very well made. It's not just about the story there are other things to be considered too.
The acting was very good, especially Lopez and Wu had very good chemistry and worked well together. The other girls fit in just as well. There are many scenes that are not just well-acted but are beautifully equipped and choreographed. The tracking shots in the begging and end are perfectly symbolic and the soundtrack is very well chosen most of the time.
It's not a movie that wants us to take away anything but it is just fun to watch. Sure it has its flaws but so do most movies.

You're not a liberal and never were.

Not a liberal...but I approve of this thread.

What a dumb post.

I'm a dude, but I'm smart enough to know that most successful, wealthy women aren't dumb enough to spend all their money on hookers/strippers & blow.

Matter of fact, successful women practice wayyy more self-discipline than successful men. Think of the difference between Bill Clinton & Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton has probably never been drunk or high in public & would never get caught getting dome in the Oval Office. Bill, on the other hand has been reckless his whole life, constantly gets caught cheating or sexually harrassing women, and almost ruined his own career.

The movie would be 20 minutes long if the roles were reversed because you could probably count the number of personally reckless successful women on one hand, who would leave themselves vulnerable to something like this.

The guys who got caught up by them were rich, entitled douches who had no self-control, which is why they were able to fall victim to these women.

You're right about everything you say.

It's fine that you didn't like this movie.

But why are you pretending that movies where men exploit rich women isn't a thing? For example, two movies that come to mind are Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1994). The only difference is, when it comes to such movies, the men are seen as suave and seductive, and the woman as either naive or undesirable. Not to mention there are actually plenty of stripper-based movies out there - this is one of the few that doesn't simply exploit the actors.

I also don't know what classifies this as ghetto, or how this relates to liberalism in general, but please forgive my ignorance there.